Business Controller (Hanoi / HCMC)

About Air Liquide Vietnam
Founded in 1996, Air Liquide Vietnam is the leading industrial gas supplier in the country with country wide coverage. Our operations include more than 10 production units at different sites across the country: Yen Phong and Que Vo (Bac Ninh Province), Yen Binh (Thai Nguyen), Saigon High Tech Park (Ho Chi Minh City). We support a full spectrum of industries including automotive, glass, metals, electronics, food, petrochemicals, and healthcare professionals.The quality of Air Liquide Vietnam products has been awarded with both Golden FDI and Golden Dragon awards for foreign invested companies in Vietnam. Air Liquide employs 130 people in Vietnam. We highly value the skills and knowledge of our employees and strongly support and encourage professional development and career progression. Whether you are interested in a technical or business-related position, you can begin or grow a rewarding career with us.
Summary:
The mission of this position is to provide to Country management all financial information as well as relevant non financial information to understand and contribute to the current performance of the business and forecast its evolution by:
1. Conducting in-depth business analysis to evaluate the financial performance and identify business trends for entity and cluster management.
2. Developing performance forecasts based on economic indicators, asset utilization, production vs. demand, and client activity.
3. Ensuring that forecasts are translated into actionable objectives and KPIs and following up on the progress of related action plans.
4. Generating ad-hoc business analyses to facilitate informed decision-making, particularly in areas such as pricing, profitability by account.
Responsibilities:
1. Business Analysis:
Monthly flash reports and quarterly OIVA to understand current performance while highlighting exceptional and financial risks. To do so, applicant will work closely with the Financial Controller who will ensure the accuracy of the financial statements.
Conduct transversal analyses for topics down to gross margin including profitability by customer, pricing evolution, Helium reporting, efficiencies.
Review periodically with the Investment Control team the status of major projects and the SUP/RUP impacts.
2. Driving Performance:
Monitor gaps vs. Target/RF.
Identify corrective actions, related KPIs and gap closures.
Manage landing.
3. Forecasting and Planning:
Lead the preparation of (re)forecast exercises (RF1, RF2, RF3, Target, mid-term planning, ad-hoc forecasts requested by the Entity, the Cluster or the Group) and ensure consistency between TGT and management mid to long term objectives and priorities.
4. Business Presentations:
Prepare key presentations to communicate entity financial and non financial performance such as Management presentation, Board Meetings, Business Reviews.